Melania Trump agreed with her husband that 'John McCain isn't a war hero,' a former aide says

[CatWoman]

Former first lady Melania Trump shared her husband's low opinion of the late Republican Sen. John McCain's military record.

She agreed with then-candidate Donald Trump when he said during a 2016 GOP primary event in Iowa that the Arizona senator was "not a war hero," according to Trump's former campaign manager Cory Lewandowski.

Lewandowski, who spoke to Insider as part of an oral history project on Trump's takeover of the GOP, said he and Trump met up with Melania Trump in New Jersey as political pundits and conservative talk-show hosts were saying Trump had to apologize. He thought the comment would end Trump's campaign.

"As we walked in the door, Mrs. Trump was waiting for us," Lewandowski said. "She said: 'You're right. John McCain isn't a war hero. What he has done for the veterans has been shameful.'"

Michael Cohen, who worked during the 2016 campaign as Trump's personal attorney, acknowledged to Insider as part of the oral history project that Melania Trump wasn't shy about sharing her thoughts to her husband.

"Melania played a very limited role during the campaign not believing Donald would actually win," Cohen said. "However, when directly asked for her opinion on a matter by Donald, she offered it readily."


https://www.businessinsider.com/melania-donald-trump-john-mccain-war-hero-lewandowski-2021-7

[Ocelot II]

1. "I don't really care, do U?"

[JI7]

2. She is a birther also

[abqtommy]

3. It's very true that birds of a foul feather flock together.

[tanyev]

4. Yeah, well, she also said Donald's "grab 'em by the p***y" comments

were “boy talk” and he was egged on by Billy Bush. She says whatever she needs to say to maintain the manner to which she has become accustomed.

[Ilsa]

5. Two vile people who deserve each other.

Too bad Barron is growing up with those two poor excuses for human beings as parents.

[viva la]

6. What would she even know about it?

She grew up in the USSR.

And neither of them would recognized heroism if it punched them in the nose.

[Celerity]

15. She did not grow up in the USSR.

She was born and raised in Slovenia, which was part of Yugoslavia until it became independent in 1991.

[viva la]

22. Okay, sorry.

Would you say that was "behind the Iron Curtain?"

[Celerity]

25. No, Yugoslavia changed its orientation away from the Soviet Union in the late 1940s to a

progressively independent worldview (the Tito–Stalin split of 1948). It was not part of the Warsaw Pact, it was a member of The Non-Aligned Movement.

[oasis]

7. Melania needs to hide for a few decades.

[madaboutharry]

8. Who cares.

Melania is a liar and a fraud.

She dropped out of college after one semester, yet claimed to have “Degree in Architecture from University in Slovenia.”

Yeah sure, as if that nitwit would have a degree requiring competency in advanced calculus. And she lied about speaking five languages. She speaks one and a third languages.

[marble falls]

9. 45 would throw Melania to the wolves in an instant if he could put off the inevidible by even 1 day.

Too bad nothing is going to save 45. I wonder what she'd do if she got indicted.

[TexasTowelie]

16. Her signature is on the tax filings for every year that they are married.

That means that she is equally responsible for any misstatements on those forms and is subject to penalties accordingly.

[dchill]

10. Adding to an already impressive resume.

[canetoad]

11. Seriously

Who gives a flying fuck what Melania Trump has to say about anything?

[enki23]

12. Oh. Well, I guess that settles it

[CatWoman]

19. HI ENK!!!!!!

[enki23]

37. Wow. Hi back!

Long, long time. Hope you are doing well

[Downtown Hound]

13. I'm no McCain fan, but,

I really, really, don't care care what that vapid bimbo has to say on anything. Do you?

[dalton99a]

14. And Melania is a low mileage model

[Kid Berwyn]

23. Delivered as advertised.

Drop-top and everything.

[dalton99a]

29. +1

[Piratedog]

17. She's a gold-digging ho!

[PortTack]

18. Do ever forget she is no better than the orange mass!!

[Hekate]

20. I don't really care, do U? She just another Trump.

[Champp]

21. Draft-dodging Republicans hate America's veterans

As they show over and over and over. Comes from shame.

[North Shore Chicago]

24. Oh, Melania!

Get another face lift, soooo tight that your mouth refuses to open.

[AngryOldDem]

26. She'd agree with any bullshit that asshole spews.

And who gives a fuck what she thinks?

Two people with maybe one-and-a-half functioning brain cells between them.

[oasis]

28. "Those who sign up for military duty are suckers" Trump reveals

his deep down, secret beliefs to his inner circles.

[Champp]

30. That really pissed me off. When the Republican leader called our troops "suckers"

And all the Republicans said nothing. Wth their silent approval, they RATified a fugging draft-dodging a-hole dumping on our soldiers and sailors, sons and daughters, who have protected and defended the USA.

When not one Republican objected to the "soldiers are suckers" slur, I knew the Republican party had committed itself to disgrace and dishonor.

[Champp]

31. Trump called American war dead 'suckers' and 'losers'

Here's the disgusting, ugly news about draft-dodging Republicans badmouthing our troops.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/03/trump-american-war-dead-losers-suckers-report

[AngryOldDem]

33. Anybody who believes in any civic responsibility is a chump to Trump.

That comment about McCain should have ended his run then and there, just as the “grab’em” comment should have.

He’s a cancer on this society.

[Takket]

27. gee the bimbo that marries for money is going along with that her sugar daddy said? that's shocking

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Who cares what a former sex worker thinks?

I am so glad that we have a real FLOTUS who cares about people

[malaise]

34. THIS

Madness

[Nay]

35. Incorrect! She's not a former sex worker!

She's still on the job.

[pecosbob]

36. Nice...character judgement from someone with no moral compass whatsoever.

[Demovictory9]

38. soft porn actress says what???